The Supreme Court’s ruling narrowing the scope of the Voting Rights Act is already prompting calls from Republicans to redraw congressional maps, a move that could create more GOP-friendly seats, particularly across the South.
In Tennessee, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) on Wednesday encouraged state lawmakers to reconvene and redraw district lines in a way that could flip a Democratic-held seat.
“I urge our state legislature to reconvene to redistrict another Republican seat in Memphis. It&#8217;s essential to cement [Donald Trump’s] agenda and the Golden Age of America,” Blackburn, who’s running to succeed Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee, posted to X following the decision.
“I’ve vowed to keep Tennessee a red state, and as Governor, I&#8217;ll do everything I can to make this map a reality,” she added.
Memphis is currently represented by Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) in a heavily Democratic district.
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I urge our state legislature to reconvene to redistrict another Republican seat in Memphis. It&#8217;s essential to cement <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a>’s agenda and the Golden Age of America.
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The court’s 6-3 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais found that the state violated constitutional limits by drawing a majority-minority district predominantly on the basis of race. Writing for the majority, Justice Samuel Alito said Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act “was designed to enforce the Constitution — not collide with it,” adding that “lower courts have sometimes applied this Court’s […] precedents in a way that forces States to engage in the very race-based discrimination that the Constitution forbids.”
“The State’s attempt to satisfy the Middle District’s ruling, although understandable, was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander,” Alito wrote.
The full implications of the ruling remain unclear, but it could open the door for challenges to similar race-based districts in other states.
In Alabama, Attorney General Steve Marshall, a Republican, <a href="https://www.alabamaag.gov/attorney-general-marshall-applauds-momentous-supreme-court-redistricting-decision/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the state would move quickly to ensure its maps &#8220;reflect the will of the people, not a racial quota system the Constitution forbids.&#8221;
&#8220;The Court rightly acknowledged that the South has made extraordinary progress, and that laws designed for a different era do not reflect the present reality,&#8221; Marshall stated.
Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves signaled even before the ruling that he was prepared to call a special session to redraw maps, particularly affecting the state’s deep blue 2nd Congressional District.
“It is a decision that could (and in my view should) forever change the way we draw electoral maps,” Reeves wrote last week.
In Georgia, Republican state Sen. <a href="https://x.com/DolezalForGA/status/2049508266175062141?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Greg Dolezal</a> called on lawmakers to revisit district lines, arguing that the current maps should be redrawn to benefit Republicans.
“The last thing that Republicans need to do is be weak-kneed in this moment. This is a time to be bold. This is a time to be aggressive,” Dolezal, who’s running for lieutenant governor, said in a video.
Democrats, meanwhile, blasted the decision. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said the court “just turned its back on one of the most sacred promises in American democracy—the promise that every voice counts.”
The ruling lands amid an already intensifying redistricting battle ahead of the 2026 midterms, with both parties seeking an edge in the fight for control of the House during the final stretch of President Donald Trump&#8217;s term.

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Georgia Governor Brian Kemp declared an emergency on Friday for 91 counties in his state, where authorities are battling two major wildfires that have caused record property damage as more than 120 homes and other buildings have gone up in flames.
The Highway 82 and Pineland Road fires &#8211; one sparked by a party balloon, the other by a welder&#8217;s torch &#8211; are by far the fiercest among dozens of blazes ravaging the drought-stricken Georgia countryside and neighboring states of Florida, South Carolina, and Alabama in recent days.
No casualties were reported in Georgia, which has borne the brunt of the wildfires. But a volunteer firefighter died on Thursday evening after suffering an unspecified medical emergency while fighting a brush fire in northern Florida, according to various news media reports.
The conflagrations were primed by a confluence of climate extremes gripping the Southeast, authorities said.
Unusually sparse rainfall this spring following heavy vegetation growth in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene last fall has created a fuel bed of drought-parched timber and brush now posing the kind of wildfire hazards more typical for the Western United States in summer.
&#8220;We are in extreme drought conditions, and wildfire activity has already surpassed our five-year average,&#8221; Georgia Forestry Commission Director Johnny Sabo said in a video message posted online. &#8220;Right now conditions are so dry that even one small spark can quickly turn into a dangerous wildfire.&#8221;
As of Friday night, the Highway 82 and Pineland blazes had scorched more than 39,500 acres (16,000 hectares) combined, incinerating at least 122 homes and other structures, state forestry officials said. The tally of destruction marked the biggest property loss from a single fire event in Georgia&#8217;s history, the governor told a press conference.
Nearly 1,000 more homes remained threatened, he said.
Fires are scattered across Georgia, with the two biggest clustered in the southeast near the Florida border, roughly 250 miles (400 km) southeast of Atlanta, the state&#8217;s capital and largest city.
News footage of the fires showed walls of pine trees engulfed in flames, and Kemp described &#8220;fire that is burning to the top of trees and burning from one treetop to another.&#8221;
With firefighters and water-dropping aircraft struggling to halt the advance of the flames, crews were trying to protect homes still in harm&#8217;s way, Kemp said.
Teams had managed to carve containment lines around 10% of the perimeters of each of the two major fires, forestry officials said.
In a move aimed at hastening and consolidating Georgia&#8217;s disaster response, Kemp declared a state of emergency in 91 of Georgia&#8217;s 159 counties. Sabo announced a 30-day ban on the outdoor burning of refuse, agricultural waste or campfires in the same counties, the first such restriction in the state&#8217;s history.
The origin of the two biggest blazes illustrated how a small ignition source could touch off catastrophic fires.
Investigators determined that the Highway 82 blaze began on Monday, when an aluminum-coated balloon landed on a transmission line, triggering an electrical spark that ignited surrounding vegetation.
The Pineland Road fire, burning since April 18, was touched off by a stray spark from a welding operation that fell to the forest floor, authorities said.
Authorities said they expected extreme fire conditions to persist through the weekend, with gusty winds and little chance of rain in the forecast.
(Reporting by Steve Gorman in Los Angeles; Editing by William Mallard)

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A nonprofit co-founded by a Republican running for Georgia governor on an anti-DEI platform encouraged corporations to adopt racially-focused recruiting efforts and embed diversity, equity, and inclusion policies in the “fabric” of company culture. 
Rick Jackson, a billionaire healthcare executive hoping to succeed Governor Brian Kemp, has pledged to ban DEI programs in state government and public education. The nonprofit he founded, <a href="https://gobeyondprofit.org/who-we-are/">goBeyondProfit,</a> once encouraged companies to guarantee final interview slots to women and racial minorities, adopt “aspirational” DEI goals, and read anti-white activist Ibram X. Kendi’s “How to Be an Antiracist.” 
Jackson has <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vJumkS_CbU&amp;t=2s">positioned</a> himself as a conservative outsider who will make Georgia the lead in the nation for criminal deportations, get wokeness out of schools, “ban DEI insanity and criminalize reverse discrimination,” and cut the state income tax in half. The Republican hopeful, who founded the Georgia-based Jackson Healthcare in 2000, has loaned his campaign $50 million. 
“Rick hires like the Georgia Bulldogs: Only the best players hit the field. Period,&#8221; Jackson&#8217;s campaign told The Daily Wire. The campaign added that many other conservative business leaders were connected to goBeyondProfit. 
“Many of Georgia’s most successful and conservative business leaders are program ambassadors or members including Bernie Marcus of Home Depot until his passing and Chick-Fil-A,&#8221; the campaign said. 
<div id="attachment_1081551" style="width: 2570px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1081551" class="size-full wp-image-1081551" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/04/Screenshot-2026-04-21-at-10.46.54-AM-scaled.png" alt="" width="2560" height="1378" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/04/Screenshot-2026-04-21-at-10.46.54-AM-scaled.png 2560w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/04/Screenshot-2026-04-21-at-10.46.54-AM-300x162.png 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/04/Screenshot-2026-04-21-at-10.46.54-AM-1024x551.png 1024w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/04/Screenshot-2026-04-21-at-10.46.54-AM-768x413.png 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/04/Screenshot-2026-04-21-at-10.46.54-AM-1536x827.png 1536w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/04/Screenshot-2026-04-21-at-10.46.54-AM-2048x1103.png 2048w" sizes=" (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" />Rick Jackson for Governor.</div>
In 2017 Jackson and his son <a href="https://jacksonhealthcare.com/atlanta-business-chronicle-presents-rick-jackson-of-jackson-healthcare-with-2025-lifetime-achievement-award/">started</a> goBeyondProfit, an organization that encourages corporate generosity and social engagement. In January 2021, goBeyondProfit posted a <a href="https://gobeyondprofit.org/leading-a-thriving-workplace/">video series</a> entitled “Leading a Thriving Workplace with Race in Mind.” Jackson is still listed as an ambassador of the organization. 
The videos featured DEI consultant Darah Okeke and Matthew Harrison, the former vice president of human resources at Jackson’s healthcare company, discussing what actions corporate leaders should take to ensure that DEI is in the “fabric of the company.” 
In a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY5iSxzQdsI">video</a> entitled “Action Steps to a Diverse Workplace,” Harrison said that it would be &#8220;cringeworthy” for corporate leaders to “do nothing” related to DEI. 
Okeke said that corporations needed to make room in their budget for outside DEI consultants to come in or to create DEI-focused internal departments. 
“I think a lot of people poo-poo DEI and don&#8217;t understand that it&#8217;s a true discipline, that there is a lot of research in this space,” she said. “It&#8217;s very difficult to be a D&amp;I expert or an HR practitioner, and to be given these lofty goals of what you want to do to advance diversity within an organization, but no budget to really support you and back you up.”
Later in the video, Okeke said that companies should adopt a “diverse slate initiative” for interviewing prospective employees. 
“When you&#8217;re interviewing for a particular requisition, then you have, as a practice and a policy, that you will make sure that you interview at least one woman and at least one person of color, at that final stage of the interview process,” she said. “I&#8217;ve seen it done at multiple workplaces and seen it work extremely well in terms of increasing the diversity of those individuals that were hiring for certain roles.”
Harrison then jumped in and said he had adopted similar measures while working at Jackson Healthcare. 
“Here at Jackson Healthcare, I took over leading talent acquisition here in June of 2019 and put that in place, and within a year, we saw [an] increase in the number of people of color that we hired into new roles. It went from 9% to 25%,” he said. 
Jackson Healthcare did not respond to a request for comment from The Daily Wire, but previously said it does not hire based on DEI principles. 
Okeke then said that companies should specifically focus on recruiting from historically black universities, black fraternities and sororities, and minority-industry groups. She also said that companies should use their “black talent” and “women talent” to refer companies to prospective employees. 
Harrison said that interview panels should be racially diverse. 
“It&#8217;s important that the interview panel that that person is interviewing with is diverse,&#8221; Harrison said. &#8220;Someone who is of color, it may mean something to them to be able to see that there are other people similar to them that took part in the hiring process or will be a part of this organization that they&#8217;re joining.&#8221;
Harrison also said that Jackson Healthcare had “associate network groups” where white people were allowed to learn what it was like to be a racial minority and men were allowed to learn about the experiences of women. 
“It allows for people who are not a part of that group to be educated on what it&#8217;s potentially like to be another, whether it&#8217;s being a woman, being a person of color,” he said. 
Okeke said that she agreed with opponents of racially-focused groups who argued it was separating people by race, but said it was needed for them to feel safe. 
“There&#8217;s this kind of idea that, &#8216;Well, aren&#8217;t you separating even more, or self-segregating, by having these groups that are focused on the black employee resource group, or the women&#8217;s group?&#8217;” she said. “But my thought is that, &#8216;Well, yeah,&#8217; I mean we are separating ourselves, but we&#8217;re also creating a safe space and an environment that can be very difficult for us.” 
At the end of the video Okeke said that she recommended reading Kendi’s “How to Be an Antiracist,” saying that “being an anti-racist is a proactive effort.”
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Other videos posted in the series included “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqKIS3lN4gQ">Beyond Bias &amp; Blind Spots,</a>” which focused on the idea of implicit bias and the “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fVmoW6iShA">Impact of Racial Inequity at Work</a>.” 
The bias video talked about the idea of so-called “microaggressions” and suggested that business leaders take time to confess their own biases to co-workers while the other video claimed that the “vestiges of slavery” still impact the American workplace today. 
Okeke said that the idea that people can be colorblind, the idea that one should strive to treat all people the same regardless of race, was flawed.
“Unless you actually have the medical diagnosis of color blindness, you are not color blind. You see me. I am a beautiful black woman sitting in front of you,” she said. &#8220;You see my color, you see my locks, you see who I am.&#8221;
Jackson’s campaign did not respond to requests for comment from The Daily Wire.
Throughout 2021, goBeyondProfit posted a number of articles <a href="https://gobeyondprofit.org/recommended_reading/your-employees-want-you-to-talk-about-race/">claiming</a> that employees wanted their bosses to talk about race, <a href="https://gobeyondprofit.org/recommended_reading/self-discovery-for-inclusive-leadership-could-unknown-bias-be-hindering-your-workplace/">embrace</a> “inclusive leadership,” and gradually <a href="https://gobeyondprofit.org/recommended_reading/communicating-incremental-steps-toward-diversity-equity-inclusion/">implement</a> DEI programs. 
Other candidates vying for the Republican nomination include Lt. Governor Burt Jones, Attorney General Chris Carr, and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. The Republican primary is set for May 19, 2026.

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Republican Promises To Ban DEI As Governor. His Nonprofit Was Steeped In It.

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The U.K. immigrant accused in the random killings of three people, including a Department of Homeland Security employee, was found dead in his Georgia jail cell Tuesday evening.
Authorities said that 26-year-old Olaolukitan Adon Abel, who was naturalized during former President Joe Biden’s administration, was found unresponsive by officials in his cell, according to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office. He was pronounced dead at the scene after authorities performed life-saving measures.
Officials have not released a cause of death as of Wednesday morning, but they do not suspect any foul play. Abel was found unresponsive by jail staff at 6:48 p.m. and was pronounced dead at 7:17 p.m., which was around the same time that a vigil was being held by family and friends of his victims, Fox 5 Atlanta <a href="https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/shooting-spree-suspect-found-dead-dekalb-county-jail">reported</a>.
&#8220;In accordance with agency policy, a standard internal review has been initiated to examine the circumstances surrounding this incident,&#8221; DeKalb County Sheriff Sheriff Melody Maddox said. County officials added that &#8220;there is no indication of criminal activity or foul play.&#8221;
Abel was charged with two counts of murder and aggravated assault after he went on a killing spree in Georgia earlier this month. Abel attacked three people at random on the morning of April 13, including stabbing and shooting 40-year-old Homeland Security auditor Lauren Bullis, who was killed as she was on a walk with her dog.
Bullis was the third person targeted by Abel that morning. The immigrant, who had an extensive criminal record, shot and killed Prianna Weathers, 31, outside of a Checker&#8217;s restaurant around 1:00 a.m. in DeKalb County. Abel then drove 16 miles to Brookhaven, Georgia, where he shot Tony Matthews, 48, outside of a Kroger store. Matthews died from his injuries on Sunday, according to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/17/us/lauren-bullis-prianna-weathers-atlanta-shootings">CNN</a>, meaning that Abel likely would have been hit with a third murder charge.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said that Abel has previously been convicted of sexual battery, battery against a police officer, obstruction, assault with a deadly weapon, and vandalism. After the brutal killings, the Trump administration emphasized that it is prioritizing &#8220;measures to ensure individuals with criminal histories and who otherwise lack good moral character do not attain citizenship.&#8221;

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A Department of Homeland Security employee out walking her dog was brutally murdered in Georgia — by a man naturalized under former President Joe Biden, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said Wednesday. 
Mullin said that Olaolukitan Adon Abel, the 26-year-old man suspected of killing 40-year-old DHS employee Lauren Bullis in Dekalb County was naturalized by the Biden Administration in 2022. Abel was born in the United Kingdom and has an extensive criminal history including convictions for sexual battery, battery against a police officer, obstruction, and assault with a deadly weapon, and vandalism, Mullin said. 
“He has also been arrested for the murder of an unidentified woman whom he reportedly shot outside a Checkers, before randomly shooting a homeless man multiple times outside a Kroger in Brookhaven,” Mullin <a href="https://x.com/SecMullinDHS/status/2044372949826683104">said</a>. “These acts of pure evil have devastated our Department and my prayers are with the families of the victims.”
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On Monday, a DHS employee, Lauren Bullis, was brutally shot and stabbed to death by Olaolukitan Adon Abel, a 26-year-old, born in the United Kingdom, who was naturalized by the Biden Administration in 2022.
Since President Trump took office, <a href="https://twitter.com/USCIS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@USCIS</a> has implemented measures to…
— Secretary Markwayne Mullin (@SecMullinDHS) <a href="https://twitter.com/SecMullinDHS/status/2044372949826683104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Abel has been charged with two counts of murder and aggravated assault, in addition to multiple gun charges. 
Police have described the attacks as random, with the first beginning at 12:52 a.m. Monday morning and the second at around 2:00 a.m. Bullis was attacked at around 6:50 a.m. and died after being stabbed and shot. Her dog, Sancho, has been missing since the attack, according to local reporting. 
Mullin said that the Trump administration was working to ensure that only those with good character could attain American citizenship. 
“Since President Trump took office, [U.S.] Citizenship and Immigration Services] has implemented measures to ensure individuals with criminal histories and who otherwise lack good moral character do not attain citizenship,” Mullin said. 
In a later statement, Homeland Security emphasized the fact that the suspect was &#8220;NATURALIZED BY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION&#8221; and said the department&#8217;s &#8220;prayers are with the families of the victims during this tragic time.&#8221;
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On Monday, DHS employee Lauren Bullis and two other victims were brutally shot and stabbed to death by Olaolukitan Adon Abel, who was NATURALIZED BY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.
Adon Abel&#8217;s criminal record includes convictions for sexual battery, battery against a police officer,… <a href="https://t.co/LuizgGZDzK">pic.twitter.com/LuizgGZDzK</a>
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) <a href="https://twitter.com/DHSgov/status/2044468456754438639?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Bullis worked in the office of Inspector General for the Department of Homeland Security as an auditor and as a team leader in the Office of Innovation. 
“She was a respected colleague whose contributions and presence will be greatly missed. We extend our heartfelt condolences to her family and friends, as well as to the families, friends, and communities of the additional victims. We strongly condemn this act of violence,” the department <a href="https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/lauren-bullis-dekalb-shooting-spree-victim-family-statement/85-e5a5bbf9-3526-40cb-a686-ddf925961d9d">said</a>. “We will cooperate with the ongoing investigation but will not comment further on the suspect or the nature of the case.”
Her family said that she “deeply loved her family and found joy in running, reading, and traveling,&#8221; and that her “generosity touched everyone surrounding her.

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Voters in Georgia&#8217;s 14th Congressional District on Tuesday elected Republican Clay Fuller to replace former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene.
With 68% of the vote reported, Fuller, a district attorney and former lieutenant colonel in the Air National Guard, leads Democrat Shawn Harris, a retired Army officer, by double digits (56.1% to 43.9%). <a href="https://x.com/DecisionDeskHQ/status/2041668332965794200?s=20">DecisionDesk</a> called the race at 8:03 p.m. ET.
The conservative win expands House Republican majority to 219–214, with the midterm elections just eight months away.
President Donald Trump&#8217;s early endorsement helped Fuller consolidate the Republican vote in a crowded field of eleven other conservative candidates. On Monday night, <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116360767027115214">Trump urged Republicans</a> to get out and vote.
Located in the northwestern corner of Georgia, bordering Alabama and Tennessee, the district strongly favors Republicans. President Trump carried the district in 2024 with 68% of the vote, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/georgia-special-congressional-runoff-election-ga14-clay-fuller-shawn-harris-2f157161753e9360f255dc4ae5922b14?utm_source=chatgpt.com">according to the Associated Press</a>, outperforming Marjorie Taylor Greene&#8217;s 64%.
Greene <a href="http://%E2%80%9CI%20am%20withdrawing%20my%20support%20and%20Endorsement%20of%20%E2%80%98Congresswoman%E2%80%99%20Marjorie%20Taylor%20Greene,%20of%20the%20Great%20State%20of%20Georgia,%E2%80%9D%20Trump%20said%20in%20a%20November%2014%20Truth%20Social%20post,%20adding%20that%20%E2%80%9Call%20%5Bhe%20sees%5D%20%E2%80%98Wacky%E2%80%99%20Marjorie%20do%20is%20COMPLAIN,%20COMPLAIN,%20COMPLAIN!%E2%80%9D">resigned from Congress</a> in January after a bruising falling-out with the president, who pulled his endorsement from one of his formerly most loyal supporters.
“I am withdrawing my support and Endorsement of ‘Congresswoman’ Marjorie Taylor Greene, of the Great State of Georgia,” Trump said in a November 14 Truth Social post, adding that “all [he sees] ‘Wacky’ Marjorie do is COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN!”
Greene grew critical of the president over a range of issues, including the Epstein files, whether to extend Obamacare subsidies, and, more recently, the war with Iran.
On Easter Sunday, the former MAGA firebrand accused Trump administration officials of being &#8220;complicit&#8221; and said the president himself  has &#8220;gone insane.&#8221;
&#8220;Everyone in his administration that claims to be a Christian needs to fall on their knees and beg forgiveness from God and stop worshipping the President and intervene in Trump’s madness,&#8221; <a href="https://x.com/FmrRepMTG/status/2040789438494585175">she wrote on X</a>.
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On Easter morning, this is what President Trump posted. 
Everyone in his administration that claims to be a Christian needs to fall on their knees and beg forgiveness from God and stop worshipping the President and intervene in Trump’s madness. 
I know all of you and him and he… <a href="https://t.co/DgR74YjPQf">pic.twitter.com/DgR74YjPQf</a>
— Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@FmrRepMTG) <a href="https://twitter.com/FmrRepMTG/status/2040789438494585175?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 5, 2026</a></blockquote>
President Trump, who branded the former congresswoman as &#8220;Marjorie Traitor Greene,&#8221; has not acknowledged her in recent weeks.
<a href="https://clayfullerforgeorgia.com/#priorities">Fuller ran on mass deportations</a>, cracking down on crime, protecting the Second Amendment, and prioritizing an &#8220;American First Economy&#8221; — promising to stand against the &#8220;Socialists, Democrats and weak Republicans in Washington.&#8221;
The platform was enough to sway former Congresswoman Greene, who signaled support for the Republican candidate, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/06/politics/georgia-special-election-marjorie-taylor-greene-shawn-harris-clay-fuller">telling CNN</a>, “This district will not elect a Democrat.&#8221;

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Voters Pick Replacement For Former Trump Ally Marjorie Taylor Greene

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A congressional candidate running as a &#8220;100% pro-life&#8221; conservative with a “titanium backbone” once said a Georgia law banning abortion after an unborn baby’s heartbeat could be detected was “counter” to the majority of society and passed to satisfy the far right. 
Former Hollywood executive Ryan Millsap, who&#8217;s running for Congress in Georgia&#8217;s 10th Congressional district, says he is fully pro-life. But years ago he said that the state’s heartbeat law was bad for business and urged lawmakers to reconsider pro-life protections, according to multiple interviews unearthed by The Daily Wire. 
Millsap said Georgia&#8217;s heartbeat law, signed by Governor Brian Kemp in May 2019, was out of step with the western world in an interview with Deadline. He was CEO of the production company Blackhall Studios at the time. 
“It was a scary time for those of us in the entertainment industry because a law like that would certainly put Georgia in a very awkward position relative to the modern English-speaking world,” Millsap <a href="https://deadline.com/2020/06/reopening-hollywood-ceo-georgia-blackhall-studios-production-hub-1202956336/">said</a> in June 2020. “It is a huge disadvantage if you live in a state that has laws on its books that are counter to the majority of society.”
In the same interview, Millsap said that the law was only passed because Kemp was bowing to the far right.
“The governor’s farthest-right support base wanted it and the governor’s farthest right support base asked him for it and … played a key role in getting him elected,” he said. “That put him in a very complicated position. … I believe the political winds required a bill.”
After the bill was first passed by the legislature, Millsap said that boycotts from film studios targeting the state were economically, not politically driven. He said Hollywood was not “trying to impose its values” on the state. 
“The production companies don&#8217;t care, necessarily, about the moral consequences, one way or the other, of a law. They care about their supply chain and business. And when we pass laws that disrupt their supply chain, it makes us less competitive to London or Canada,” he <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A75WXKgdj20">said</a> in October 2019. “I think that the biggest worry is just whether or not Georgian politicians understand the value of the entertainment industry, understand that it&#8217;s a non-political set.” 
Millsap also suggested that an injunction blocking the law after it went into effect allowed “business as usual” to move forward, but that the state had “some ground to make up” politically. 
The heartbeat law went into full effect in October 2024 when the state Supreme Court ruled in its favor. At least 12 Republican-led states have enacted heartbeat or total bans on abortion. 
“Ryan Millsap is a husband and father who believes in the miracle of life, has always been 100% pro-life and supports the state’s law now that the issue has been settled,&#8221; his campaign told The Daily Wire. &#8220;He believes that the Dobbs decision was correctly decided and that states should address this issue and that no federal funds should be used for abortion.”
Millsap, who launched his campaign last month, is running as a political outsider and is campaigning on deporting illegal immigrants, banning congressional stock trading, and supporting cryptocurrency. 
“I&#8217;m running to smash the status quo and fight back against the radical Left and the RINOs. I bought into their lies, too. But COVID and Antifa made me realize they sold us out,” he said in his campaign launch ad.
He <a href="https://www.ajc.com/politics/2026/03/provocative-film-executive-enters-georgia-house-race-with-4m-pledge/">told</a> the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that he was running &#8220;because we need someone with a titanium backbone who doesn&#8217;t care about climbing the political ladder but is running to defeat the radical left once and for all and end the reign of radical lunatic liberals and impotent RINOs in Congress.&#8221;
The other two candidates running for the district are plumber Jeff Baker and state Rep. Houston Gaines. The Daily Wire reached out to both to ask for their position on abortion. 
Gaines <a href="https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/55445#17113">voted</a> for the heartbeat bill during his time in the legislature shortly after he flipped a state House seat back Republican. 
“As a Christian and a conservative, I&#8217;m proud to be pro-life and will always stand up for what&#8217;s right. When Democrats tried to threaten me, I stood strong and passed Georgia&#8217;s Heartbeat Bill,” Gaines told The Daily Wire. “While my opponent joined Hollywood to fight Georgia&#8217;s Heartbeat Bill with everything he had, we got it done. Georgia stands for life.”
Baker said he is &#8220;100% pro-life with exception to health of mother. Abortion in any other respect is murder and is against my Christian beliefs.&#8221;
&#8220;I would support a Constitutional Amendment that states life begins at conception,&#8221; he added.
Gaines has been endorsed by House GOP leaders like Reps. Jim Jordan, Steve Scalise, and Tom Emmer.
A debate for the GOP candidates is set for April 26.

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School districts in Florida and Georgia are adopting a &#8220;revolutionary&#8221; security system that aims to stop mass shooters by deploying drones that can spray pepper gel, which can stick to and incapacitate a target.
The drones, created by Mithril Defense and known as “Black Arrows,” are part of a system called Campus Guardian Angel. The technology is being tested in several schools, with additional districts expressing interest.
The drones are equipped to emit disorienting lights and sounds, spray pepper gel, and collide with a suspected shooter. They are operated remotely by trained pilots in Austin, Texas, who can guide the drones using live video feeds. 
After a threat is reported, multiple drones can be deployed within seconds, transmitting real-time footage to both operators and local law enforcement. The Black Arrow drones can reach speeds of up to 100 miles per hour, the manufacturer said.
“We can take every corner, we’ll swing every door first, because we don’t care if we get shot, we’re metal and plastic,” Christian Van Sloun, Mithril’s chief drone pilot, told The Wall Street Journal. 
Officials in Volusia County, Florida, described the system as a potential shift in school security strategy.
“It’s revolutionary,” Florida’s Volusia County Sheriff’s Office Captain Todd Smith <a href="https://www.wsj.com/business/a-startup-is-supplying-drones-to-high-schools-to-stop-mass-shootings-a7800ade?mod=hp_lista_pos1">told</a> The Wall Street Journal. “This is the future.”
More than $500,000 in funding has been allocated for drone use in school districts in Florida and Georgia. An installation is underway at Deltona High School in Florida. Some parents have expressed cautious support.
“To find out that we’re one of the first ones to get this pilot program was a little nerve-racking at first,” parent Jessica Clayton told The Journal. “But at the same time, you have to start somewhere, and I’m hoping this can be a positive influence for the community.”
Mithril believes its drone technology will reduce response times and improve safety in active-shooter situations. 
“Our vision is ultimately to be in every school in the nation and to eradicate mass shootings,” Mithril co-founder Billy Marston told The Journal. “We believe we can help in the vast majority of these mass shootings.”

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Long lines and delays at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport have become a flashpoint in the competitive United States Senate race in Georgia.
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) faced immediate criticism from Republican primary candidates in his state for voting against funding the Department of Homeland Security, which has resulted in TSA agents and other essential DHS personnel working without pay. Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) was the lone Democrat who voted to fund the DHS.
“Jon Ossoff and Democrats caused this to protect illegal aliens. That’s it,” Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) posted to X in response to a <a href="https://x.com/MikeCollinsGA/status/2035727466375905481?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">video</a> showing the lines. The airport had informed travelers to arrive four hours early for their flights on Monday.
Former NCAA football coach and Republican Senate hopeful Derek Dooley pointed out the contrast between Fetterman and Ossoff on the shutdown in a video he posted from the airport on Sunday.
“It&#8217;s ridiculous. That&#8217;s exactly why we need new leadership in D.C. This is nothing about the people. We need leaders who are gonna put their people first,” <a href="https://x.com/DerekDooleyGA/status/2035810012681920769?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dooley</a> said.
“Just a bunch of politics. Come on, Ossoff. Fetterman agrees. He&#8217;s not for this. He&#8217;s a Democrat. And listen, where&#8217;s the rest of Congress?” he said, calling for a solution to resolve the shutdown, which started over disagreements about federal immigration enforcement policies.
Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA) dubbed it the “Schumer-Ossoff Shutdown” in one <a href="https://x.com/RepBuddyCarter/status/2036100550035411339?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a>, and plainly stated in another <a href="https://x.com/RepBuddyCarter/status/2036111733102661690?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> that the six-hour lines at TSA in Atlanta are “because Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff voted to SHUT DOWN the Department of Homeland Security.”
As negotiations continue in Washington, Senate Democrats have argued that Republicans are not interested in funding TSA. Republicans voted against a move by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to fund federal airport employees, though it would leave out other agencies within DHS.
“Donald Trump’s obstruction is denying TSA workers pay and creating havoc at airports. While negotiations continue over ICE, there is no reason TSA should be held hostage. Republicans must stop blocking TSA funding immediately,” Ossoff said in a <a href="https://www.ossoff.senate.gov/press-releases/new-senate-republicans-block-tsa-funding-again/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> on March 21.
When his campaign was contacted by The Daily Wire for comment on the Republican criticism, they deferred to a comment from the Democratic Party of Georgia.
“Senate Democrats have called for funding TSA for weeks, and Republicans have blocked it every step of the way because they are taking orders from Donald Trump,” DPG Chair Charlie Bailey said in a statement. “We could pay TSA agents and end the chaos at airports across the country if Republicans like Buddy Carter, Mike Collins, and Derek Dooley told their Party to quit standing in the way and get it done.”
A 2017 <a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/04/jon-ossoff-race-first-real-battle-millennials-vs-trump-1/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mother Jones</a> story noted that Ossoff has had a pilot&#8217;s license since he was a teen, and described his plans at the time to rent a Cessna plane for a short hiking trip in the Appalachian Mountains with his friends. <a href="https://freebeacon.com/elections/ossoff-whose-father-took-1-mil-from-govt-relief-fund-slams-greedy-business-owners-for-raiding-ppp/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Washington Free Beacon</a> reported in 2020 that Ossoff’s businessman father bought a private plane in 2014.
As for the Republicans in the race, President Donald Trump has yet to make an endorsement ahead of May 19. Whoever wins the race will be in one of the most competitive elections in the country in 2026. Ossoff is the only incumbent Democrat in a “toss-up” race, according to the <a href="https://www.cookpolitical.com/ratings/senate-race-ratings" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cook Political Report</a>.
“Jon Ossoff cares more about protecting illegals like Laken Riley&#8217;s killer than standing with hardworking Georgians,” National Republican Senatorial Committee Regional Press Secretary Nick Puglia stated. “Ossoff never refuses a chance to use Georgians as political pawns. Ossoff must stop putting illegals first and end his DHS shutdown.”
ICE agents were sent to assist at airports across the nation on Monday, including Hartsfield-Jackson, as hundreds of TSA agents have called out or quit. The Atlanta airport alone had a callout rate of 41.5% on Sunday, according to <a href="https://x.com/krisvancleave/status/2036100167695507499?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CBS News</a>.

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While Georgia law protects kids from transgender surgeries, taxpayers in the state may still be on the hook for procedures in other states thanks to a legal loophole, one Republican lawmaker warns. 
Georgia State Senator Blake Tillery is pushing the state legislature to pass a bill that would end all state funding for transgender surgeries for both adults and minors. Tillery, the chair of the Senate appropriations committee, told The Daily Wire that most Georgians would be “appalled” to learn how their tax dollars were being spent. 
“This is not a hard decision. This is whether or not children should undergo gender-mutilating surgeries performed by adults,” Tillery said. “It&#8217;s whether or not your state taxpayer dollars should be used to pay for gender-altering surgeries that defy biology and for the vast majority of Georgians, the decision here is clear: this isn’t something they support and it&#8217;s not something that should be supported with their taxpayer dollars.”
While state law currently prohibits transgender surgeries on kids, Tillery said that the state is required to cover the transgender surgeries of minors covered under the State&#8217;s Health Benefit Plan. The plan applies to public school teachers and other state employees. Around 660,000 people are currently covered under the plan.
Tillery said a Georgia citizen covered under the State Health Benefit Plan could leave the state and go to a place like New York or California and have a transgender surgery done on their child, paid for by the state. 
He said that “if we don&#8217;t ban our state taxpayer dollars from being used to fund” these surgeries that the “convoluted system of laws requires our state taxpayer funding to be used” for the procedures in other states. 
For the last two years, Tillery, who is running for lieutenant governor, has spearheaded efforts in the Senate to cut off taxpayer funding for transgender surgeries for both children and adults. His first bill to take such action, <a href="https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/230415">SB 39</a>, passed the Senate, but has yet to be acted on by the House.
Last month, the Senate <a href="https://georgiarecorder.com/2026/02/10/georgia-senate-passes-surprise-ban-on-puberty-blockers-for-minors/">passed</a> a proposal banning puberty blockers for kids, with an amendment to end funding for transgender surgeries. The House has not voted yet on the amended bill. The office of House Speaker Jon Burns did not respond to request for comment. 
The <a href="https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/242189">amendment </a>to HB 54 was introduced by Tillery and specified that “no state funds shall be expended for health benefits coverage that includes coverage for gender-affirming care” and that “no healthcare facility owned or operated by the state and no physician or other healthcare provider employed by an agency or entity of this state shall provide gender-affirming care.”
He noted that state dollars cannot go to other elective procedures like facelifts or tummy tucks.
“Georgians aren&#8217;t allowed to use their state health benefit plan or private insurance or other elective surgeries,” he said. “Why should their state taxpayer dollars be used to pay for others&#8217; elective surgeries? Especially those that go well against the norm of the majority of Georgia&#8217;s beliefs.”
The push to end all funding for transgender procedures comes as over two dozen Republican-led states have shielded kids from surgeries and hormonal interventions. At the same time, some hospitals have ended their transgender surgery offerings. 
The Nashville-based Vanderbilt Health <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/after-boasting-about-40k-trans-surgeries-vanderbilt-reverses-course">announced</a> last month that it was phasing out offering patients procedures like crafting pseudo-genitalia for gender-confused individuals and removing the breasts of women who identify as men.

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Georgia Governor Brian Kemp on Friday suspended the state&#8217;s gas tax amid rising fuel prices as the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran enters its third week.
The move &#8211; the first such relief offered by a U.S. state since the war started on February 28 &#8211; suspends Georgia&#8217;s tax of 33.3 cents per gallon on gas and 37.3 cents per gallon on diesel for 60 days.
The conflict has choked supplies from the Middle East &#8211; one of the world&#8217;s top oil-producing regions &#8211; so severely that U.S. President Donald Trump is considering military options to ensure safe passage of oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil shipping route near Iran.
The U.S. national average gas price on Friday was $3.912 a gallon, the highest since October 2022 and up 31% since the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran began.
Fifty-five percent of respondents in a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll said their household finances had taken at least &#8220;somewhat&#8221; of a hit from the increases in gas prices. Among those seeing an impact, 21% said their finances were affected &#8220;a great deal.&#8221;
Trump told Reuters earlier this month he was not concerned about the rising prices at the pump, saying he expected prices to decrease &#8220;very rapidly&#8221; once the war ended.
Fox News, citing the White House, reported on Friday that the Trump administration was working on options to alleviate the burdens felt by Americans at the pump.
(Reporting by Jasper Ward in Washington; editing by Michelle Nichols)

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A small town in Georgia announced that it has cut off water to a planned federal immigration detention center.
The city of Social Circle, Georgia, said it placed a lock on the water meter connected to the warehouse that Immigration and Customs Enforcement recently purchased to detain more illegal immigrants, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news/social-circle-planned-georgia-ice-detention-center-water-cut-off/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to CBS News. City officials notified ICE of the lock after the federal agency inquired about &#8220;how to establish an account.&#8221;
&#8220;The lock is there until ICE indicates how water and sewer will be served without exceeding our limited infrastructure capacity,&#8221; the city, which is home to roughly 5,500 residents, said in a statement, according to CBS News.
ICE purchased the facility with plans to house roughly 7,500 to 10,000 detainees, supported by a staff of 2,000 to 2,500, according to CBS News.
Since the city learned of ICE&#8217;s plans, local officials began sharing concerns about a potential strain on water usage, the news outlet reported.
&#8220;Our permit to draw water out of the river is 1 million gallons a day. Our sewer plant can process 660,000 gallons per day and is at capacity,&#8221; the city&#8217;s statement adds. &#8220;Their BLUF analysis indicates a daily water and sewer need that exceeds these amounts.&#8221;
But the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has asserted that the facility will be designed &#8220;to not affect the existing infrastructure adversely in any way.&#8221;
&#8220;The design currently includes on-site mitigation strategies for wastewater treatment. Additional contingencies are in place if required due to non-engineering circumstances,&#8221; an internal DHS document on the plans read, according to CBS News.
ICE has reportedly purchased warehouses across the country to expand its mass deportation effort and its capacity to hold more illegal immigrants.
The agency is spending hundreds of millions of dollars on the expansion thanks to the influx of cash from the One Big Beautiful bill, <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/02/01/ice-detention-centers-jails-noem-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Axios. The agency was holding roughly 70,000 detainees as of January.
In a statement to The Daily Wire, an ICE spokesperson slammed &#8220;elected officials who are intentionally trying to obstruct DHS law enforcement,&#8221; and &#8220;wasting law enforcement time, energy, and resources, while putting their own constituents in danger.&#8221;
&#8220;Under President Trump, ICE is building the infrastructure necessary to arrest, detain, and remove criminal illegal aliens from American streets. Sites undergo community impact studies and a rigorous due diligence process to make sure there is no hardship on local utilities or infrastructure prior to purchase,&#8221; the spokesperson said.
&#8220;Trying to prevent ICE from taking violent criminal illegal aliens off the streets and detaining them for removal goes to show who these &#8216;leaders&#8217; really stand with,&#8221; they added.
ICE hopes to increase its detention capacity to hold 92,600 illegal immigrants at a time, The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/us-news/ice-plans-38-billion-expansion-of-immigration-detention-facilities-e63926dd?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=AWEtsqfDYqI973I1iFfEMBmaZMPl8hlYbNezc_D-yzv8T8SnQo4RSPkLHrxQQhwVdac%3D&amp;gaa_ts=69b9bd1b&amp;gaa_sig=5QOnrYlaLGtC1ReChACA25D687RZBl4NTJ6tl816GgUYIGyo3JsCsVEl-9hPbXV7EV41QVs1iL71q9114piZiw%3D%3D" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> last month.
“For ICE to sustain the anticipated increase in enforcement operations and arrests in 2026, an increase in detention capacity will be a necessary downstream requirement,” internal documents said, according to the outlet.

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